Dr NakaMats has been called the Edison of Japan and has invented thousands of products. He is still going strong at the age of 84 and is a quite a celebrity in Japan.
Some of his greatest inventions include:
• The Floppy Disk
• The CD
• Karaoke
• Brain Drink – the key to a long healthy life
• Pyon Pyon spring shoes – shoes with leaf springs on their soles so you can bounce around which makes walking a lot easier
• Cerebrex – an armchair that improves mental functions such as calculation and thinking by cooling the head and heating the feet
• The Water Engine Car - a car that runs on only water
• Underwater Notebook – notebook that is useable under water so he can record his inventions
How does Dr NakaMatsu come up with his great ideas?
Some of his inventing techniques and creative processes include:
• Listening to music
• Diving and thinking underwater where his brain benefits from the lack of oxygen. His best ideas come when he is 0.5 seconds from death
• Visiting his million dollar toilet room made completely out of gold
Next time you see an invention from Japan think of the famous Dr NakaMatsu.
Some other cool Japanese inventions
His toilet room is defenitly worth visiting. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Cocomino, Yes, it is one toilet that I'd love to visit and its made completely out of gold :)
DeleteJohn
Cool. I had not heard of him before. Those are some pretty impressive inventions (^_^)
ReplyDeleteThanks Thomas, He is a legend in Japan and quite the celebrity. You see him quite often appearing in Japanese TV shows especially the variety kind :)
DeleteJohn
It's nice to know that one of the greatest inventor in the world is a Japanese. It's good he was able to invent those stuff. How I wish I could be like him. ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve, Yeah, he is a legend and must be doing well with all those inventions. He does have some unique inventing techniques :)
DeleteJohn
I think I heard he's also taken a picture of every meal he ate for the last several odd years. Is this the same guy? He seems like a kind of eccentric but awesome genius. Thanks for sharing (and sorry for my recent absence from the blogosphere--I return now).
ReplyDeleteThanks StarBrooke, Good to have you back. Yeah, that's right! He analyses every meal he eats and plans to live well beyond 100 years of age. He is very eccentric, but quite the genius.
DeleteJohn
Wow, he is quite amazing!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lisa, Yeah, he is amazing and well known around the world as an inventor.
DeleteJohn
Dr.Nakamatsu invented the thing like a kerosene pump - the name is "Soy sauce Churu-Churu". He is a pleasant inventor:)
ReplyDeleteThanks Miho, Yeah, the kerosene pump has been one of his most useful and popular inventions. We used it all the time during winter in Japan.
DeleteJohn
How did I miss this fun post? You wrote it a week ago and I've only just noticed it! DUH! May I blame the heat? Or perhaps I should drink some of Dr Nakamatsu's Brain Drink? :D
ReplyDeletePS: I wish I could see that toilet ...
Thanks Rurousha, Always great to hear from you. Yeah, I was just about to post a new one, so you have caught it just in time :) Can't be the heat as it hasn't been that hot. Must have been that long walk you had in the sun the other day :)
DeleteJohn